T E R E B R A . 



Plate XIX. 



Species 88. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra tessellata. Ter. testa acuminato-turritd, ni- 

 tente-albd, rvfo-castaneo biseriatim maculatd, (infrac- 

 tions concavo-planis, Imvibus, superne s/ilco divisis, 

 margine tumido, crenato ; aperturd pared, columella 

 recta, carinatd. 



The tessellated Terebra. Shell acuminated, turreted, 

 shining-white, encircled with two rows of reddish- 

 chestnut spots, whorls concavely flattened, smooth, 

 divided at the upper part by a groove, margin swollen, 

 crenated ; aperture small, columella straight, keeled. 



Gray, Pro. Zool Soc. 1834. 



Terebra decorata, Deshayes. 



/lab. Tidang, Sumatra. 



Conspicuously characterized by a double row of reddish- 

 chestnut spots, while the swollen sutural margin is of a 

 more opaque white than the rest of the shell. 



Species 89. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra alveolata. Ter. testa attenuate turritd, pel- 

 lucido-carned, aurantio-fuscescente timid, maculis par- 

 vis rvfo-castaneis ad suturas et ad basin cingulatd, 

 anfractibus plano-convexis, in interstitiis pertusis, su- 

 perne sulco divisis, margine tumidiusculo, crenato; 

 aperturd parvd, columella recta, ad basin carinatd et 

 recurcd. 



The guttered Terebra. Shell attenuated turreted, 

 transparent flesh-colour, stained with orange-brown, 

 encircled at the sutures and at the base with small 

 reddish-chestnut spots, whorls flatly convex, pricked 

 in the interstices, divided by a groove at the upper 

 part, margin rather swollen, crenated ; aperture small, 

 columella straight, keeled and recurved at the base. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 151. 



Hob. Straits of Malacca; Cuming. 



A delicately tinted, attenuately acuminated shell, en- 

 circled with two distant red-spotted whitish bands, one of 

 which, on the sutural collar, covers the lower band of the 

 preceding whorl as the shell advances in growth. 



Species 90. (Mus. Taylor.) 



Terebra ligata. Ter. testa acuminato-turritd, albidd, 

 maculis rufo-castaneis transverse oblonijis biseriatim 



cinc/d, anfractibus concavo-planatis, litis tenuibut 

 clathratis, sulco superne divisis, margine supra el 

 infra tumidis et tulerculato-crenaiis ,- aperturd par- 

 viuscu/d, columella recta, ad basin contorto-recurvd. 



The tied Terebra. Shell acuminately turreted, whitish, 

 encircled with two rows of transversely oblong red- 

 dish-chestnut spots, whorls concavely flattened, lat- 

 ticed with fine ridges, divided at the upper part by a 

 groove, margin on both sides swollen and tubercu- 

 lately crenated ; aperture rather small, columella 

 straight, twistedly recurved at the base. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1543, p. 153. 



ILdj. Marquesas Islands (in sandy mud, at seven fathoms) ; 

 Hinds. 



An elegantly formed and conspicuously painted species, 

 the upper part of the whorls being encircled by a double 

 crenated collar, on the marginal one of which is the upper- 

 most row of transversely oblong spots. 



Species 91. (Fig. a, Mus. Taylor, Fig. b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra marmorata. Ter. testa pyramidali-turritd, 

 alba, maculis quadra/is grandibus fusco-ferrugineis 

 tessellata, ad margiuem suturalem saturate maculatd, 

 ad basin fasciatd, anfractibus declivi-convexis, longi- 

 tudinaliter plicato-costatis, in interstitiis pertusis . 

 aperturd oblongo-ovatd, columella contorto-recurvd. 



The marbled Terebra. Shell pyramidally turreted, 

 white, tessellated with large fuscous-fawn square 

 blotches, darker spotted at the sutural margin, banded 

 at the base, whorls slopingly convex, longitudinally 

 plicately ribbed, pricked in the interstices ; aperture 

 oblong-ovate, columella twistedly recurved. 



Deshayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1849. 



Hab. Port Curtis, Australia ; Stutchbury. 



A shining pyramidally acuminated shell, tessellated 

 throughout with large square blotches of fuscous fawn- 

 colour, which on the sutural margin are stained with spots 

 of chestnut-red. The usual encircling groove is repre- 

 sented only by a more prominent depression of the punc- 

 tures. 



Species 92. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra copula. Ter. testa acuminato-turritd, olivaceo- 

 brunned, nitente, ail marginem suturalem maculis cas- 



June, 1860. 



